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No. 410,316. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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PATRICK 06X, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR MARKING SOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,316, dated September 3, 18 89.

Application filed December 24, 1888. Serial No. 294,486. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK COX, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a-certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Marking Soles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this specification.

The object of my improvementis to produce a machine by which the various markings on soles-such as the lines to indicate the position of the tap, the indentations to indicate the places to drive the tacks, and the figures to indicate the size of the shoe-can be made in a simple and effective manner and with great regularity and dispatch.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the upper portion of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-section of the supporting bed or table 'in line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan View of the sliding gages. Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the prickbar. Fig. 6 is a cross-section of Fig. 5.- Figs. 7 and 8 are obverse and reverse views of the prepared sole.

In the preparation of soles for shoes a diagonal line is made across the foot portion to indicate the boundary where the inner end of the tap fits. When done by hand the line cannot be struck always in the same place on different soles, as it depends entirely on the -skill and judgment of the operator. To perform the work accurately and also to mark the prick-points and the figures indicating sizes, I employ the following arrangement-z A indicates a supporting bed or table on which the work isdone.

B is a gate or frame, which is mounted above the bed and is capable of vertical motion to perform the necessary work. It may be operated by any suitable means, that shown in the drawings being connecting-rods O C, pivoted to the ends and extending down below the bed, Where it is connected with a treadle. (Not shown in the drawings.) The reaction of the gate is produced, by coiled springs a (1, located around the rods.

D is a sharp-edged blade forming a marker attached to the gate, and D is a similar stationary blade fixed permanently to the bed below the gate. The sole isinserted on the bed between these blades, and in .the downstroke of the gate the diagonal marksbb will be made on the foot portion of the sole, as shown in the obverse and reverse views, Figs. 7 and 8. These lines simply indicate to the eye the boundary or stop line for the inner end of the tap or slip sole when applied in place.

E, Figs. 3 and 4, indicates a fixed runway or trough attached to the bed transversely of the same; and G is a sliding gage resting therein, which is adjusted forward or back by an adjusting-screw d or any other suitable means.

V H is a heel-gage provided with a shank f, that runs in a channel in the gage G, and is secured at any desired position by a set-screw h. The object of the sliding gage G is to adjust it to the many different lengths of soles, in order to bring the diagonal marking-line in proper place in such soles, which is accomplished by moving it forward or back by means of the adjusting-screw h, a scale of figures being used in connection with said gage, as shown at 1., Fig. 4.. The object of the heel-gage H is to enable the proper adjustment to be made relatively to the adjustment of gage G to fit the different sizes, as they vary more or less and require to be set farther forward or back to strike the diagonal marking-line at the proper position on the foot. This heel-gage is used in connection with a scale of figures indicating sizes of soles on the gage G, as shown at is, Fig. 4.

I is a fixed plate secured to the bed in front of the gate -'B. It isprovided with two series of holes, as shown at Z, Fig. 4, one series i11- dicating whole numbers, the other halves, and marked with indicating-figures. In any of these holes fits a side gage consisting of a removable pin m, which forms a stop to the edge of the sole.

The operation is as follows: The sole is laid on the bed between the inai'kingblades, the heel resting against the heel-gage H and the side against the pin m, and the gate is then brought down with force to do the marking. The gages G H and the pin m are first sequent manipulation of the sole.

adjusted to the particular style of sole to be marked, and any number of soles can then be marked and all exactly alike. NVhen a different pattern is to be marked, a new adjustment is made. Soles vary in shape, size, and width, and the markings have to vary accordingly. The adjustments can be readily made to any style of sole, and when once made the soles for a whole case of shoes of that style can be marked with the utmost regularity. By this means the irregularity and uncertainty of hand-work is avoided and the work is greatly expedited.

K K are a series of types or stamps corresponding in number with the different sizes and half-sizes of shoes and provided on their lower ends with the characters for Fig.8) to indicate the places where to drive.

the tacks in securing the sole before sewing or attaching to the shoe. I

s s are rubber pads around the prick-points, which, after the blow has been struck, react and throw the sole off from the points. These prick-points can be arranged to prick both the heel and foot, and by their use the work is more easily accomplished, as they not only serve to indicate where the tacks are to be driven, but also to hold the tacks upright while they are being struck, whereas when driven by hand in the ordinary way they have to be held by one hand while the blow is struck by the other, or a hole has to be made by an awl. The prick-bar is preferably made in several sections, so that they may be changeable to different posit-ions.

It is not absolutely necessary that both sides of the sole should be marked with the diagonal lines 1). Therefore the markin g-blade on the bed might be dispensed with. In some instances, also, particularly where only one style of soles is to be marked, the sliding gage G might be dispensed with, and in some instances the side gage m might be non-adjustable. If the machine were used only for one given kind of soles, these modifications might be made; but for common use the parts above enumerated are all necessary.

Havingdescribed my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a sole-marking machine, the combination of the bed, the vertically movable gate, the m arking-blade attached to the gate, a heelgage attached to the bed in rear of said gate and serving as a stop to the heel, and a side gage attached to the bed in front of said gate and serving as a stop to the side of the sole,

as shown and described, and for the purpose 7 specified.

2. In a sole-marking machine, the combination of the bed, the vertically-movable gate, the marking-blade attached to the gate, the sliding gage adjustable forward and backward on the bed, the heel-gage in the sliding gage adapted to receive the heel of the sole, and the side gage adjustable to different positions to receive the side of the sole, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

3. In a sole-marking machine, the combination, with a vertically-movable gate carrying a marking-blade, and a series of pricking-points and stamps, of a sliding gage adjustable transversely of the bed toward and from the gate to adapt the device to different sizes of soles, and a heel-gage adjustable forward and back in the sliding gage to adapt the same to the adjustment of the sliding gage, as herein shown and described.

4. Ina sole-marking machine, the combination of a bed, a vertically-movable gate, and a bar attached to the gate provided wit-h prick-points that mark the tack-holes 011 the sole, and rubber pads surrounding the prickpoints for throwing the sole oif when pricked, as herein shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK COX.

Witnesses:

R. F. Oscoon, J. V. OSGOOD. 

